Corporative Chamber

Former parliamentary chamber in Portugal

The Corporative Chamber (Portuguese: Câmara Corporativa) was one of the two parliamentary chambers established under the Portuguese Constitution of 1933, the other being the National Assembly. Unlike the directly elected National Assembly, it had a purely consultative, rather than legislative role.

The creation of the Corporative Chamber was part of corporatist philosophy advocated by Salazar and adopted by the Estado Novo. Its function was to represent the various economic, cultural, social, and other corporations.

The Corporative Chamber met in the former Senate chamber of the São Bento Palace. It was composed of members elected by the various types of Portuguese corporations, including:

• Provinces and Municipalities;
• Universities and Schools;
• Trade Unions;
• Economic Organizations and Employers;
• Social Welfare Organizations.

Presidents

The presidents of the Corporative Chamber were the following from 1935 to 1974:^[1]

See also

• Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
• António Júlio de Castro Fernandes

External links

• Latin fascist elites: the Mussolini, Franco, and Salazar regimes, Paul Lewis, 2002
• A history of fascism, 1914-1945, Stanley G. Payne, 1996

References and footnotes

1. "Estado Novo - Presidentes da Assembleia Nacional e da Câmara Corporativa" (PDF). Assembleia da República. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018. Alt URL